Legal Opinion
Gullett v. Qantas Airways Ltd.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided May 19, 1975No. 74-205-NA-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, residents of Nashville, Tennessee, bring suit against Qantas Airways Lim ited, an Australian corporation. Plaintiffs seek to recover $75,000.00 for their financial losses and emotional distress allegedly incurred as a result of the conduct of defendant’s agents, which conduct is alleged to amount to a wanton and willful breach of the duty of care owed by a common carrier to its passengers.
Plaintiffs allege that they purchased from a travel agent, Travel, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee, an airline ticket providing for air transportation as part of a…
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